Disrupting Powersports Finance

At Octane Lending we believe every one of your customers should be able to purchase the unit of their dreams. That’s why we built a product that instantly connects your customers with the right lenders and speeds up the application process so deals don’t go cold.
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Leadership Team

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Jason Guss

CEO

Jason leads lender strategy and VC outreach. Prior to co-founding Octane Lending, he worked at Capital One’s Corporate Strategy Group where he completed projects in auto lending, retail banking and brokerage.

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Neal Desai

CFO

Neal leads capital markets, financial analytics, accounting, and treasury for Octane Lending. Previously, Neal spent 15 years on Wall street as a derivatives portfolio manager and statistical trader. Neal holds an MBA from Wharton and an undergraduate degree from Princeton.

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Mark Davidson

CMO

Mark drives the growth of our dealer network and leads dealer retention. Before teaming up with the Octane’s, he co-founded a leading digital marketing agency and a sports app that enabled fans to check-in to live games and chat.

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Ray Duggins

CCO

Ray leads our credit team and is responsible for Underwriting, Collections, and Risk Analytics. He has 30+ years experience in consumer lending. Prior to joining Octane, Ray worked at American Express and Standard Chartered Bank, and was Chief Risk Officer for GE Capital’s consumer business.

André Gregori

CPO

André leads Octane’s product development. As both a manager and lead developer, he is in charge of taking our ideas to production and delivering top-notch user experience. Before Octane Lending, André was lead frontend engineer for a sports media startup.

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Mark Garro

CTO

Over the last 9 years Mark has put to work his passion for start-ups, and Harvard CS degree by serving as CTO for multiple start-ups. As CTO of Octane Lending, Mark builds the heavy back-end machinery that keeps Octane running harmoniously.

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Bruce Garro

Head of Analytics

Bruce leads credit modeling, analytics, and data engineering. He is a data scientist and full-stack software engineer with experience building large-scale web products in finance, marketing, and pure technology startups.